Shooting suspect Desmond John Moses lived in one of the units on the Inglewood property.

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Police officers respond to the scene where a man, wearing a mask, set a duplex on fire and then shot five members of a family on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 in Inglewood, Calif. A father and his 4-year-old son were killed and a woman and two other young children were wounded by the gunman, authorities said. A 6-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl were in critical condition, Inglewood Police Chief Mark Fronterotta said. The woman, said to be the children's mother, was being treated for gunshot wounds to the knee and pelvis. An 8-year-old boy was uninjured. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Katie Falkenberg) NO FORNS; NO SALES; MAGS OUT; ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER OUT; LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; VENTURA COUNTY STAR OUT; INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT, TV OUT

Police have found a body in the rubble of a burned bungalow belonging to a man suspected of being the masked gunman who shot a Southern California family, killing two members.

Inglewood police Lt. James Madia said the body was found late Saturday after a daylong search of the bungalow, which was packed with debris. He says an autopsy will determine whether the body is that of suspected gunman Desmond John Moses.

Investigators believe Moses, 55, wore a painter's mask when he entered a family's house and fired 10 times. A father and his 4-year-old son were killed; his wife and their two other children were wounded but are expected to survive.

The 30-year-old father was shielding two of his children when he was shot, police said, and his 28-year-old wife was shot in both legs but managed to carry the wounded 4-year-old out of the house.

Paramedics found her collapsed on the street. The child, who suffered a bullet wound to the head, died at a hospital.

Police said Moses lived behind the family on the same property, and had known them for years. The property owner told the Los Angeles Times that Moses had been fighting an eviction notice and recently lost his case in court.

A woman who knew the family, Judy Castellanos, told the Times that the suspect was reclusive and would not let anyone look inside his home.

After the shooting, police evacuated about 15 houses to search for Moses.

The victims' names were not released pending notification of relatives.

The mother remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Her 7-year-old daughter, who was shot in the chest, was in critical condition. A 6-year-old boy, who was shot in the pelvis, was in stable condition. An 8-year-old boy escaped injury.